THE SNP has repeated its demand that the UK Government finally comes clean over the appointment of an oil and gas ambassador.
The promise was made by David Cameron 19 months ago in Aberdeen, and MP Kirsty Blackman has called on Theresa May’s government to make it a matter of urgency.
If they did not, she said they would have to admit that the plan had been ditched and give oil and gas businesses a “solemn apology”.
Blackman said: “Now the UK government has had a grudging admission dragged out of them it’s time they were completely transparent on what became of their proposed oil and gas ambassador.
“Was the initiative simply forgotten about or was it actively ditched and they tried to hide it from the public?
“By now a well-established Oil and Gas Ambassador should have had 19 months to help leverage investment into the North Sea.
“So potentially Tory inaction has diddled the Scottish economy out of millions. What will they do to make up for lost time and income – to compensate businesses, the supply chain and the workers who have paid the price?”
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